Do you think that in a lot of cases OBGYNs have just taken advantage of our worrisome nature as moms?

I was watching a documentary on Netflix called Pregnant in America. It showed a ton of horrible side effects to an epidural such as maternal death, fetal distress, drug toxication, respiratory problems, high rate of C-sections, low birth weight, etc. That was interesting as I didn't know an epidural carried all those dangers.